r8g.large

AWS Graviton4 (Arm-based) Memory-optimized instance for workloads like databases and in-memory caches. Built on the AWS Nitro System, offering up to three times more vCPUs and memory than the previous Graviton3-based R7g instances, with enhanced networking up to 50 Gbps

available for self-hosted runners on RunsOn

cpu speed · passmark single-thread

1,910pts

Neoverse-V2 (aarch64)
averaged over many days · higher is faster

vcpus

physical threads

memory

15.3 GiB

ram

clock speed

2.7 GHz

max frequency

architecture

aarch64

arm64

EC2 instance family: r8g

What the family is built for, the silicon underneath, and how to ask RunsOn for it.

r8g memory optimized

cpu type

AWS Graviton4 Processor — AWS Graviton4 (Arm-based)

architecture

arm64 · aarch64

highlights

Memory-optimized instance for workloads like databases and in-memory caches. Built on the AWS Nitro System, offering up to three times more vCPUs and memory than the previous Graviton3-based R7g instances, with enhanced networking up to 50 Gbps

released

July 2024

.github/workflows/ci.yml yaml

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on:
      - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}
      - family=r8g
      - cpu=2

the label is a query — each line one constraint, resolved at launch. job labels →

Availability & price by region

Spot is the average price RunsOn pays in your own AWS account — no per-minute markup. The bar shows how far under on-demand each region runs; the badge is the observed spot-interruption frequency.

N. Virginia

us-east-1

best spot

spot · avg $0.0455/hr

on-demand$0.1178

savings vs on-demand63%

spot interrupt freq 15-20%

Oregon

us-west-2

spot · avg $0.0522/hr

on-demand$0.1178

savings vs on-demand57%

spot interrupt freq 5-10%

Ireland

eu-west-1

spot · avg $0.0657/hr

on-demand$0.1318

savings vs on-demand59%

spot interrupt freq 5-10%

Frankfurt

eu-central-1

spot · avg $0.0618/hr

on-demand$0.1421

savings vs on-demand55%

spot interrupt freq <5%

Spot prices are trailing averages per region and move with the market. On-demand is the list reference. Interrupt frequency is AWS's published spot-advisor band for this instance type.

About these benchmarks

CPU is the Passmark single-thread metric, run on a live r8g.large instance and averaged over many days so a single noisy run can't skew the score.

Pricing is normalized to the hourly rate AWS bills, then shown per region. Spot is the trailing average; savings is measured against the same region's on-demand list price.

This instance is launched the exact same way any RunsOn job launches it — ephemeral EC2 in your account, one CloudFormation stack, nothing to babysit.

metricpassmark · single-thread

samples21 runs

regions4 · us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, eu-central-1

last updatedAugust 2, 2026

Run r8g.large in your own account.

The benchmark runs on the same RunsOn anyone can deploy. One CloudFormation stack, your AWS account, ~10 minutes.

self-host → ← all ec2 instances